He was NATO, in Germany, pardon me. Let's say that he was a professional, in the sense that he signed up to have a career in the service. He probably faced what a lot of peacekeeping veterans face. He was in transport. When he was injured, he wanted to stay in but his medical condition did not permit him to stay in--at least that's what he was told--and it was just as difficult for him to be injured as it was to leave. He felt like he was being ripped away from his larger family. Even though he had a wife and two children, he felt the military was his larger family. For soldiers who sign up versus those who sign up for a war, say World War II, you say they're different people, typically. How much, in your view, are the health support requirements of our veterans dependent upon the fact that they are leaving a life they love? So they're injured physically, in this case, or have PTSD in another, but they are then ripped away from their family. I would think that would add to their poor health.
Do you have any experience, or could you comment on that part of it, that you are not able to continue in the military, even in some other way? He thought he could, but in his case he could not.